Syria beat Maldives 0-4. Syria played with ten from minute 85. Mahmoud Al Mawas scored 3 goals. Best on the pitch was Mahmoud Al Mawas, rated 9.2.

1. 0'
   ⚽Kick-off
   World Cup Qualifiers — AFC
   MAL 4-2-3-1·3-4-2-1 SYR
   Coach: M. Koopman · N. MaâloulReferee: Ammar Ali Abdulla Jumaa Al Junaibi📍 Sharjah Stadium
2. 1. First half
   2. 29'
      SYR
      GOOOAL!Mahmoud Al Mawas
   3. 34'
      SYR
      GOOOAL!Aias AosmanPenalty
   4. 40'
      SYR
      Yellow card
      Fares Arnaout
   5. 45+3'
      SYR
      GOOOAL!Mahmoud Al MawasPenalty
3. 1. Second half
   2. 46'
      SYR
      Substitution
      ▲Yosief Mohammad▼Alaa Al Dali
   3. 46'
      SYR
      Substitution
      ▲Mardik Mardikian▼Fares Arnaout
   4. 61'
      MAL
      Substitution
      ▲Ali Shamal Abdulla▼H. Mohamed
   5. 65'
      MAL
      Substitution
      ▲Mohamed Saaif▼Ali Samooh
   6. 66'
      SYR
      Substitution
      ▲Youssef Al Hamawi▼M. Anez
   7. 66'
      SYR
      Substitution
      ▲K. Hameesheh▼Hussein Al Jwayed
   8. 71'
      SYR
      GOOOAL!Mahmoud Al MawasPenalty
   9. 74'
      MAL
      Substitution
      ▲Ali Fasir▼Assadhulla Abdulla
   10. 74'
       MAL
       Substitution
       ▲H. Sifaau▼Ibrahim Mahudhee Hussain
   11. 74'
       MAL
       Substitution
       ▲M. Irufaan▼Imran Nasheed
   12. 84'
       SYR
       Yellow card
       Moayad Ajan
   13. 85'
       SYR
       Yellow card
       Moayad Ajan
   14. 85'
       SYR
       Red card
       Moayad Ajan
   15. 87'
       SYR
       Substitution
       ▲Mohammad Rihanieh▼Mahmoud Al Mawas
   16. 90+2'
       SYR
       Yellow card
       I. Alma
   17. 90+3'
       SYR
       Yellow card
       O. Al Midani